Cloud Solutions Engineer (Data & Platform)
NextGen Federal Systems3 months ago
Falls Church, VA, USASenior
Responsibilities
- Implement and maintain infrastructure-as-code, automation, and configuration management using Terraform, Ansible, or comparable tools.
- Install, configure, harden, and troubleshoot Linux-based and cloud-based infrastructure services.
- Support testing and validation of integrated cloud, data, and application capabilities.
- Design, develop, test, and support cloud-based data engineering capabilities.
- Build, maintain, and troubleshoot ETL pipelines and data workflows.
- Develop or integrate RESTful APIs, services, and data-driven applications.
- Document data flows, interfaces, system dependencies, integration approaches, code comments, and technical decisions.
- Help ensure solutions are secure, repeatable, resilient, and mission-ready.
Requirements
- Active Secret security clearance and ability to obtain a TS clearance.
- Hands-on experience in cloud platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, DevOps, DevSecOps, platform operations, data engineering, data integration, cloud data development, or software engineering.
- Experience supporting CI/CD pipeline implementation, deployment automation, or release support using GitLab CI/CD or similar tools.
- Experience administering, configuring, or troubleshooting Linux-based systems.
- Familiarity with secure software delivery practices and integrated development environments.
- Ability to safeguard sensitive, proprietary, CUI, or classified information where applicable.
- Ability to operate effectively in secure, government, defense, or mission-oriented environments.
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- At least five years of related professional experience.
- AWS cloud services and deployment-pattern experience is desired.
- Databricks or comparable cloud data platform experience is desired.
- Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm experience is desired for platform-focused work.
- Python, SQL, Spark, or Java experience is desired for data-focused work.
- AWS Solutions Architect, SysOps Administrator, DevOps Engineer, or comparable cloud certifications are a plus.
Benefits
- The company promotes fairness, respect, employee contribution, adaptability, accountability, risk-taking, and mission alignment.
- Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.
Tech Stack
Categories
Data EngineeringDevOps
About NextGen Federal Systems
NextGen Federal Systems is a privately held IT and engineering firm that delivers software, systems integration, and cybersecurity solutions to the U.S. Department of Defense and other federal agencies. The company provides a mix of services and productized solutions in areas such as C4ISR, geospatial analytics, modeling and simulation, cloud, and AI/ML. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Morgantown, West Virginia, it supports highly regulated programs with ISO 9001 and CMMI Level 3 appraisals.